IGNORING MY MOTHER
This is an email between my Father and me: Me: “Hey Dad, I have some great news! Jeff and I have decided to get married. We are engaged!” Father: “That’s wonderful news! Your mother and I are so happy...
View ArticleThe Day Heavenly Mother Lost Her Temple Recommend
A couple years ago, I began assisting as a moderator for the Finding Heavenly Mother Project, a Facebook group devoted to seeking out Heavenly Mother. It was an honor to have this special “calling”...
View ArticleFrom “Oh, My Father” to “Restless Weaver”– Ola is the New Eliza!
er Restless Weaver by Ola Harrison It seems everyone in the LDS world is familiar with the hymn “Oh, My Father” by Eliza R. Snow. For Mormons, this hymn is unique in the sense that it both mentions...
View Article123: SEARCHING FOR THE MOTHER OF GOD
This episode is a recording of a Christmas talk given on October 11, 2016. In it Mike Barker discusses the struggle to find powerful and righteous women in scripture to point his daughters towards as...
View ArticlePrayers to Mrs. God
In October 1991, Gordon B. Hinckley, then First Counselor in the LDS First Presidency, delivered a General Women’s Meeting talk entitled “Daughters of God” in which he made the following declaration,...
View ArticleThe Virgin Mary: Goddess Imagery Revealed
Excerpts from my most recent paper on Mother Mary, the Gevirah Role in Ancient Israel & the Heavenly Mother Connection….going beyond the apparitions to give a reason for my faith in our Mother in...
View ArticleApostasy and the Occult
When many consider the Temple Recommend Interview “apostasy” question, we automatically think of Ordain Women and other “apostate” groups, or perhaps even holding opposing (political) views from that...
View ArticleEl Huipil de Lamentación
Nuestro Padre Celestial: Hemos sido hijas e hijos fieles. ¿Por cuánto tiempo más tenemos que sufrir? ¿Hasta cuándo serán nuestros hijos e hijas arrancados de los amados brazos de sus padres? ¿Hasta...
View ArticleGod’s Gender Identity Crisis
Recently it was announced in a news report that the Episcopal Church is considering going gender-neutral when it comes to God. A committee was formed to review the best way to amend the Book of Common...
View ArticleBread for Asherah
“and the women knead their dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven” – Jeremiah 7:18 Back when I was 17, I wanted more than anything to go to Bible college, so I went with my Baptist youth group to...
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